MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND FOLKLORE
- Address:
Rue de Bouchain 16
7800 ATH - MAPS: Google Maps
- Tel.: +32 (0) 68 26 51 70
- Fax: +32 (0) 68 26 51 79
- Email : musee.d.histoire@ath.be
The Museum for History and Folklore is located in a mansion which dates from the end of the 18th century. You can admire its collections, presented in various sections:
- Prehistory section.
- Medieval section: sculptures, paintings, embroidery, plate.
- Renaissance Section: furniture and printing equipment.
- French furniture equipment: 17th and 18th century.
- Town planning section: scale models and development of the town from the 12th tot 17th century.
- Folklore section: professions and popular traditions in the region. The Ducasse of Ath.
- from Sunday 1 April 2012 to Sunday 30 September 2012
- Sunday and Public Holydays : 14:00-18:00
Comment:
Library accessible on request.
Guided tours on request. Duration: 2h.
Open the year round, on request.
Extra information:
Possibility to combine with the brand new audiovisual show of the Tour Burbant or other sites in Ath.
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Tourist information on the town ATHWe recommend you to visit our partners' pages
- Grand-Hornu Industrial Mining Complex
- Estate of the Seneffe Castle - Silver Museum
- CLOISTER GARDEN OF THE HOPITAL NOTRE-DAME A LA ROSE
- FORTIFIED CASTLE OF ECAUSSINNES-LALAING
- PUPPET CENTRE OF THE BELGIAN FRENCH COMMUNITY
